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Hamilton "Ham" EDWARDS

Hamilton "Ham" EDWARDS

Male 1863 - 1945  (82 years)

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  • Name Hamilton "Ham" EDWARDS 
    Born 1863  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Death record gives birth date as Dec 2 1863, age 81y 9m 23d. But the 1900 Census shows it as Jan 1863. "Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County, WVa" reports birth date on grave marker as 1867.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Union District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1906  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1910  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920, 1930, 1940  Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [1, 3, 4] 
    Died 25 Sep 1945  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Buried Sycamore Creek UMC (Dale) Cemetery, btwn Rt 19 & US 50, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 8 1900:
      Hamilton Edwards, 37, b. Jan 1863, farmer, married 11 yrs; wife Roena, 36, b. Apr 1864, mother of 4 children (2 still living); dau Artie, 10, b. Jul 1889; dau Glenney, 4, b. Sep 1895.

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 18 1910:
      Ham Edwards, 44, farmer, married 4 yrs (2nd marriage); wife Rosa, 29, married 4 yrs (1st marriage), mother of 2 children (both still living); son (sic) Arta, 18, servant for private family; dau Glenna, 16, cook in restaurant; son Jessie, 3; son Clarence, 1.

      1920 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District), enumerated on Jan 8 1920:
      Ham Edwards, 55, farmer, widowed; son Jessie, 13; son Clarence, 10; son Lester, 8; dau Minnie, 4; mother Eliza, 80, widowed; sister-in-law Minnie Swiger, 37, single.

      1930 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District), enumerated on Apr 29 1930:
      Ham Edwards, 63, farmer, widowed, age 24 at time of first marriage; dau Minnie Edwards, 14; dau Artie Moran, 38, age 20 at time of first marriage; son-in-law Robert Moran, 55, age 20 (25?) at first marriage, farm laborer; son Lester Edwards, 18; son Clarence Edward, 21.

      1940 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District), enumerated on Jun 10 1940:
      Hamilton Edwards, 75, widowed; son Lester, 29, single; dau Minnie K, 23, single; dau Glenna Duty, 44, married.
      In the next household:
      Clarence Edwards, 32; wife Nellie L, 23; dau Rosella, 7; son Edmond D, 4; dau Louella, 1.
    Person ID I93022  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2014 

    Father Marcellus EDWARDS,   b. 1848,   d. 1919  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Hanna Elizabeth "Eliza" GARRETT,   b. 14 Jan 1845, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Aug 1892, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years) 
    Family ID F40125  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Roanna WILLIAMS,   b. Apr 1864, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Dec 1902, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 38 years)  [7] 
    Married 10 Jun 1888  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Children 
     1. Artie EDWARDS,   b. Jul 1889, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Glenna EDWARDS,   b. Sep 1895, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F40124  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Rosa SWIGER,   b. CA 1881, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Jan 1920  (Age ~ 38 years) 
    Married 17 Mar 1906  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Children 
    +1. Jesse EDWARDS,   b. 3 Jan 1907, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Clarence E. EDWARDS,   b. 31 Dec 1908, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Nov 1961  (Age 52 years)
     3. Lester Dallas EDWARDS,   b. 10 Aug 1911, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Mar 1978  (Age 66 years)
    +4. Minnie Catherine EDWARDS,   b. 23 Jun 1915, Lake Floyd, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jun 1977  (Age 61 years)
    Family ID F40127  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    93022_EDWARDS_Ham_1863-1945_DeathCertificate.jpg    		93022_EDWARDS_Ham_1863-1945_DeathCertificate.jpg
    93022_HamEdwards_RosaSwiger_MarriageRecord_17Mar1906.jpg    		93022_HamEdwards_RosaSwiger_MarriageRecord_17Mar1906.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1980] 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    2. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    3. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    4. [S2096] 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    5. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    6. [S2247] Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990)).

    7. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    8. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 206 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=256718&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Hamilton Edwards, age 21y 8m, b. & res. in Harrison Co, son of Marcellus & Eliza Edwards; and Roanna Williams, 24, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of William & Edith Williams. Married Jun 0 1888 in Harrison County.

    9. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 260 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=17816&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Ham Edwards, widowed, 39, b. Harrison Co, res. Salem Harrison Co, son of Marcellus & Eliza Edwards; and Rosa Swiger, single, 25. b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of (blank). Married Mar 17 1906 in Clarksburg.